Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-02-24

Saginaw, over the location OF the United
States court, which has been before con-
gress since 1853, has been won by Bay City.
When the question was up earlier In the
session, East Saginaw was winner, but
when the matter was referred to the con-
ference committee, 1t was found that
through clerical error the word EAST
Saginaw" had been omitted from one of
the sections of the bill. The report Of the
conference committee was in favor of the
restoration of the words bay City" TO the
original bill, and this report was sustained
when the matter came to a vote In the
house. After a fight lasting almost 20
years, the Tale of the Two Cities" is
ended.
A committee is at work preparing a re-
port recommending the passage of the
dependent pension bill over the presidents
veto. The report Is looked for with con-
siderable eagerness as TO what action Will
be taken on the matter Many members
Of congress, who would ordinarily sustain
the veto, arein somethingof quandary as
to what course to pursue. Thick and fast
have come petitions from the q. A. X. all
over the land and enough from individu-
ais and other societies, to show the senti'
ment of the people, asking congress to
pass the bill over tho veto, that the poor
NJ G. IS are in frame of mind to sing:
"You can and you can't,
You will and you won't,
You'll be damned il you do,
You'll he damned IL you don't. "
An amendment to the general deficiency
bill Is now before the senate directing the
Secretary OF the Treasury to pay the
United States and Congo National Emil
grafton Steamship Company sum equal
to 500 and rations for GO days for every
adult person OF color who shall desire to
emigrate to Africa on the ships OF their
line.
The house refuses to concur in the senate
amendments to the invalid pension bill,
and conference has been ordered.
The conference report on the Utah poly
gamy bill in the shape of a substitute for
both senate and house bills, has been
agreed to by the senate, and the bill Is
in the hands of the president.
The Meade bill which appropriates s20-
600, 600 for coast defences, came up in the
house the other day. Lieut.. Gen. Sheri-
that he had heretofore refrained from ex-
pressing any expert opinion on the sub
1ect Of coast defense, but in his view what
the country needs at present Is guns, and
when these have been procured II will be
proper to take up the question of fortid
cations,
Inc director OF tne Hllnu sent a
munication to the house few days since,
protesting against reductions made in the
estimates for the mint service by the APP
preparations committee. The director
states that the efficiency of the work will
be badly crippled.
The following is the status of the appro-
priation bills: The army bill is a law. The
| Indian, sundry civil, pensions and post
office bills have passed both houses and
now await concurrence by the house in
the senate amendments or adjustment of
differences by conference. The river and
harbor, military academy. District OF
| Columbia and agricultural bills have pass
| ed the house and are in the hands of the
| senate committees. The legislative, diplo-
| matte and consular and naval bills await
| the action of the house. The deficiency
| and Notifications this year's) bills are yet
| to be reported by the house. Last years
| Notifications bill is still in conference
with little prospect Of agreement. Appro
| priation bills will undoubtedly engross the
attention of the house during the greater
| part of this week.
Some Michigan friends of George l..
Yaple, candidate for governor in the last
election, have, 1t is reported here, started a
movement in favor of his appointment as
a member of the interstate commerce com
mission The entire Michigan delegation
| any other member of the present congress
will be appointed.
A resolution was introduced in the house
| q few days since, requesting the secretary
| of state to inform the house whether the
| to prohibit the United States from main
| tanning an effective navy on the northern
lakes bordering on Canada; and whether
| the construction Of the Welland canal by
Great Britain is not a violation OF that
| treaty; and, in case OF war with that coun-
| try, menace to the safety Of the lake
| board cities.
The examination into the alleged politi
| cal irregularities in Washington county,
Texas, is now being held before a senate
committee. From the testimony thus far
taken, it would seem that ignorance and
crime are the main features Of an election
| in that district.
Since the railroad accident in Vermont,
| the patent office has been flooded with in
ventions for heating passenger cars that
| will obviate the danger OF fire. Not only
are inventions coming In from every
source but the demands for drawings and
| copies OF the patents continue to come
| from all sections of the country. Attaches
| OF the patent Office express the opinion
| that the number Of car heaters patented
| in the next year, will be equal to, II II
| does not exceed. the annual list or car
cnunlera.
It Is stated on good authority that Sec.
rotary Bayard will succeed Secretary
Manning, and that Minister George II.
Pendleton will succeed Bayard in the state
department.
The house has passed the senate bill for
| the retirement and recoinage OF the silver
dollar, first amending it so that the recoin-
| age of this coin shall not be considered as
! part Of the monthly purchase OF silver bull.
lion now required. One of the principal
addresses in support of this bill was made
| by Mr.. Tarsney.
The members OF the house committee or
foreign affairs had an interview with tn,
| president the other day in connection
| with the retaliatory fisheries Legislation
nov pending In congress. The interview
was strictly confidential. The president
sought to impress upon the members Of
| the committee the necessity of making
| very clear and free from ambiguity any
| measures relating to the subject Of the
| fisheries which congress might see At tC
pass. IL there was to be any legislation
| on the subject, he said, it should state
| definitely whether railroads and ali Other
carriers were to be included in the prohi
( bition.
|
Rumblings of War.
1t is semi-officially stated In Russian
| government circles that the conviction II
| gaining ground that war between Francs
| and Germany Is inevitable. In addition
| It is said, as fresh defeat of France NIGH
involve disastrous results to Russia, thu